IONIA COUNTY, MI – Police say a Muir man got into a 72-year-old’s checking account while she is battling a serious illness.

James Arthur Lowe, 47, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 30, for larceny from a building, four counts of uttering and publishing and being a felon in possession of a firearm, Ionia County sheriff’s Detective Phillip Hesche said on Thursday, Nov. 1.

The Sheriff’s Department and Lowell Police Department began investigating about a week ago to determine who had accessed the woman’s checking account.

Lowe is held in the Ionia County jail pending arraignment.

Police did not say how much money was allegedly taken, or describe the relationship between the two.